International Museum Theatre Alliance-Europe
International Conference in Sweden 24-26 September 2012
 
Follow-up announcement & call for papers
 
This year¹s IMTAL-Europe Conference and AGM will be a unique and exciting
event.
 
The 2012 IMTAL-Europe conference will take place at Fotevikens, a
reconstructed Viking village alongside a museum and educational centre in
southern Sweden. It will coincide with a larger project meeting on the
management of open-air archaeological museums, involving EXARC and the
EU-funded project Open ARCH. Delegates from both organisations will gain
from the extraordinary range of expertise, events, discussions and
excursions on offer.
 
For further information on organisations & sites, see list of websites
below.
 
The over-arching theme will be: the challenges of interpreting, and engaging
public interest in, open air museums and archaeological/historic sites.
The linked themes across the two main days will be:
·       ³management & communication strategies at open air/archaeological
museums² and ³working with volunteers² (Open Arch focus); and

·       how can performance of various kinds (incl 1st and 3rd person
interpretation, theatre presentations & events and drama workshops)
contribute to and extend the work of such museums and sites? (IMTAL focus).

We are therefore inviting proposals for papers, presentations, workshops and
Œround tables¹ on a range of topics directly or indirectly related to the
theme of the conference.

The provisional timetable is:
Sun. 23 Sept. arrivals
Mon. 24 Conference day 1: papers/presentations mainly organised by
"OpenARCH" (open to all participants).
Tue. 25 Conference day 2: workshops/papers/presentations organised by IMTAL
(open to all participants). Day concludes with a Viking Feast in the Long
Hall.
Wed. 26 Conference day 3: AGM (am) (IMTAL members only); Optional excursion
(to nearby historic & cultural landscapes).
Thurs. 27 Departures
 
Note: these are slightly different dates from those originally announced.
 
Full advantage will be taken of the remarkable outdoor setting of the
reconstructed Viking village as well as the variety of indoor spaces
available at the museum centre.
 
Who is it for?
Scholars, practitioners, educators and interpretation managers interested in
gaining a Europe wide insight into these themes.
(NB: reduced rates for IMTAL members.)
 
See the IMTAL-Europe website for further details, including estimated costs
and booking information, and for the call for papers.
www.imtal-europe.org/

Proposals for papers/workshops should be emailed to Tony Jackson by FRIDAY
23rd MARCH 2012, at [log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> .
 
To qualify for early bird rates, you must register by Monday 14th May and
pay the full delegate fee by Monday 4th June 2012.
 
If you have questions, please contact one of the following:
Björn M Buttler Jakobsen [[log in to unmask] ] +46 707620612,
or Tony Jackson [ [log in to unmask] ]
 
Useful websites:
IMTAL-Europe www.imtal-europe.org
Open Arch www.openarch.euwww.openarch.eu
EXARC  www.exarc.eu
Fotevikens Viking Museum www.fotevikensmuseum.se/engelsk/index_e.htm
 
 
 
 

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